Teach Yourself Latin Complete Course [Paperback]

Gavin Betts (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071421599 | ISBN-13: 978-0071421591 | Publication Date: July 25, 2003 | Edition: 3

Learn Latin with little effort!

You can use Teach Yourself Latin to learn the language at your own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. It is based on the very latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and user-friendly.

Prepared by experts in the language, Teach Yourself Latin begins with the basics and gradually gets you to a level of smooth and confident communication, including:

• Up-to-date, graded interactive dialogues
• Graded units of culture notes, grammar, and exercises
• Step-by-step guide to pronunciation
• Practical vocabulary
• Regular and irregular verb tables
• Plenty of practice exercises and answers
• Bilingual glossary

This new edition also features:

• Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
• Self-assessment quizzes to test progress
• Website suggestions to take language study further

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About the Author

Gavin Betts was Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Monash University, Victoria, Austrialia. He is now retired and devotes himself to writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 3 edition (July 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071421599
• ISBN-13: 978-0071421591
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Be prepared, June 25, 2007

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Celeste Bowden (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Latin Complete Course (Paperback)

This is an advanced Latin text and not for beginners. It moves faster than a college text. If you want to review the Latin that you learned years ago in school, this may be just what you are looking for.

Much material is presented at one time: vocabulary and grammar. You should be prepared to study on your own, as there are no practice exercises to help the student learn each point presented.
There are however, sentences to translate that include new and previous grammar and vocabulary. These sentences are quite unusual, interesting, and difficult, and rewarding when correctly translated. Give yourself a gold star....

The translated sentences are in a special section in the back, along with verb conjugations and a vocabulary list.

Let me be sure to say that I do like this text. I enjoy the challenge! If you like languages, grammar, and puzzles, go for it.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Tool!, February 17, 2007

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Bjorn A. Stumer "BJ" (San Rafael, ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Latin Complete Course (Paperback)

Very easy to use if you want to teach yourself latin. I was able to translate simple sentences in a matter of days.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Latin 1-3, February 15, 2007

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Charles S. Foss (Rock Hill, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Latin Complete Course (Paperback)

I haven't taken Latin since middle school, high school, and college. This book is a thorough review of those years, with the wonderful addition of many quotations from Latin authors, which is the best way to see how Latin actually works.